# Fatal NTSB investigations: Cessna TR182 NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB WPR20FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA063.md): Cessna TR182 · Billings, MT · Accident · 4 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jan 12, 2020 · N736YU · Destroyed > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance due to poor decision making in selecting an unsafe altitude during cruise flight. - [NTSB ERA19FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA179.md): Cessna TR182 · St. Simons Island, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 25, 2019 · N6123T · Destroyed > The pilot's loss of airplane control during approach for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB CEN17FA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA361.md): Cessna TR182 · Thief River Falls, MN · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 23, 2017 · N4777T · Destroyed > The noninstrument-rated pilot's decision to depart into instrument meteorological conditions, and his subsequent loss of control due to spatial disorientation. - [NTSB CEN15LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA404.md): Cessna TR182 · Midland, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 2015 · N4707S · Substantial damage > The partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence. - [NTSB LAX08FA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA267.md): Cessna TR182 · Sahuarita, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 2008 · N4887R · Destroyed > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from mountainous terrain while maneuvering at low altitude for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB NYC07FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA052.md): Cessna TR182 · Charlotte, NC · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 2006 · N7090S · Destroyed > The pilot's spatial disorientation, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control and subsequent in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was instrument meteorological conditions. - [NTSB DFW05LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA118.md): Cessna TR182 · Little Rock, AR · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 10, 2005 · N6150S · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an instrument approach for undetermined reasons. Contributing factors were the mist and low cloud ceiling. - [NTSB LAX03FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA142.md): Cessna TR182 · Eagleville, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 2003 · N327PC · Destroyed > the pilot's encounter with mountain wave activity with downdrafts and severe turbulence, which resulted in a loss of airplane control and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper decision to continue flight into an area of… - [NTSB SEA02FA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02FA175.md): Cessna TR182 · Twin Falls, ID · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 15, 2002 · N738GX · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain runway alignment and his failure to execute a timely go-around maneuver resutling in the aircraft's impacting a parked fuel truck well clear of the runway safety area. Contributing factors were the strong crosswind/gusty wind… - [NTSB CHI02FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA269.md): Cessna TR182 · Tappen, ND · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 2002 · N756WF · Destroyed > The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and his failure to maintain clearance of the transmission wires. Also causal was inadequate preflight planning. Factors associated with the accident were the low altitude and airspeed when the abrupt maneuver was made and… - [NTSB MIA02FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA059.md): Cessna TR182 · Cedar Key, FL · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 11, 2002 · N5136S · Destroyed > the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation resulting in the airplane descending and colliding with water. A factor in the accident was a dark night. - [NTSB SEA02FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02FA007.md): Cessna TR182 · Dixie, ID · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 17, 2001 · N756CE · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to refuel en route resulting in fuel exhaustion, and his inadvertent entry into a stall condition during the emergency descent. Contributing factors were dark night conditions and mountainous/hilly terrain. - [NTSB LAX01FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA055.md): Cessna TR182 · Petaluma, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 10, 2000 · N739HB · Destroyed > The pilot's improper IFR procedure, failure to maintain course alignment, and use of a nonapproved handheld GPS receiver for navigation during flight in actual instrument meteorological conditions. Factors contributing to the accident were the low clouds and… - [NTSB LAX99FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA036.md): Cessna 172P · Scottsdale, AZ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 21, 1998 · N99064 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed > the failure of the solo student pilot in the other aircraft to acquire and maintain separation from this aircraft, which was departing the airport traffic pattern and had been issued as traffic by the local controller. Also causal was the failure of the pilot… - [NTSB SEA99TA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99TA010.md): Cessna TR182 · Desert Aire, WA · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Nov 6, 1998 · N756YE · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude and/or clearance over a power line crossing the river, resulting in collision with a static wire at the top of the crossing structure. Factors included the static wire, and inadequate marking of the static… - [NTSB LAX97FA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA241.md): Cessna TR182 · Panamint Spring, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 1997 · N757CF · Destroyed > failure of the pilot to attain a proper touchdown point for landing, and his delay in initiating a go-around. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's attempt to land at the wrong airport, uphill slope of the runway, high density altitude, and… - [NTSB NYC97FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA144.md): Cessna TR182 · Seaside Heights, NJ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1997 · N737PK · Destroyed > failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude/clearance above water, while maneuvering over the ocean during a dark moonless night. Related factors were: darkness, the pilot's probable illusion of altitude, spatial disorientation, and lack of… - [NTSB FTW96LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA344.md): Cessna TR182 · Port Isabel, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1996 · N6316T · Destroyed > pilot impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol and drugs, and failure of the pilot(s) to maintain obstacle clearance, during an intentional low altitude flight manueuver (low pass under a bridge). - [NTSB BFO92FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA151.md): Cessna R182 · Edgartown, MA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 1992 · N102SR · Destroyed > The pilots's lack of regard for the published decision height of the approach and his decision not to execute a missed approach. Factors contributing to the accident include the pilot's failure to attain the proper glidepath and descent rate during the… - [NTSB SEA92FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA116.md): Cessna TR182 · Moxee City, WA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 1992 · N736JG · Destroyed > The pilot in command's inadvertently allowing the aircraft to stall. A factor contributing to the accident was: rising terrain. - [NTSB LAX91FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA093.md): Cessna TR182 · Petaluma, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1991 · N2415S · Destroyed > The pilot's inadvertent flight into IMC and his failure to maintain aircraft control of the airplane. Factors which contributed to the accident related to the pilot becoming disoriented in the dark, nighttime, instrument weather conditions, and to the pilot's… - [NTSB FTW90FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA018.md): Cessna TR182 · Crane, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 1989 · N756WH · Destroyed > The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his loss of aircraft control, due to spatial disorientation. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions, and the pilot's lack of instrument… - [NTSB LAX89FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA021.md): Cessna TR-182 · Paso Robles, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 19, 1988 · N739YS · Destroyed > The pilot failed to maintain the proper altitude while executing the published instrument approach procedure. - [NTSB SEA87FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA185.md): Cessna TR182 · Tillamook, OR · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 1987 · N9484R · Destroyed > Drg arrival, the plt was cleared for an ndb-a apch & received approval to change to the local adzy freq. After that, there was no further radio comm with the acft. Radar data showed the acft crossed over the initial apch fix (iaf) & began a rgt outbound turn… - [NTSB DEN87FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA050.md): Cessna TR-182 · Moran, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 2, 1987 · N6089T · Destroyed > The pilot received several weather briefings prior to departure. Briefings included reports of icing conditions, low clouds and turbulence. VFR flight was not recommended. Plt departed VFR and filed IFR enroute to jackson. The pilot was issued instructions… - [NTSB DEN86FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA208.md): Piper PA-46-310P · Boulder, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 1986 · N4346L · 2 aircraft · Destroyed > The purpose of the flt for both acft was an aerial photo mission. N5113S was used as the camera platform. The plts of N5113S and N4346L discussed prior to takeoff the procedures of the flt. Both acft departed and flew a course to position the airplanes on a… - [NTSB SEA86FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA047.md): Cessna TR182RG · Reno, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 1986 · N2341S · Destroyed > The pilot was flying his Cessna TR182RG back to Reno cannon airport, a facility with a frequent mixture of light general aviation aircraft and heavy turbine air carrier operations. The pilot had acquired the majority of his terminal experience in and around… - [NTSB LAX86FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA063.md): Cessna TR182 · Independence, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 10, 1985 · N737SG · Destroyed > While en route, the acft collided with moutainous terrain (trrn) at an aprx elev of 13,500 ft. previously, the plt had requested & was rcvg traffic advisories fm ARTCC. Bfr the acdnt, the acft's psn & alt (mode c reply) were noted by the controller (ctlr). No… - [NTSB NYC85FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA131.md): Cessna TR-182 · Grand Island, NY · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 21, 1985 · N756ZM · Destroyed > The flt had been on a local sightseeing tour over the niagara falls. The plt then stated that he was going to give his pax a demonstration of how fast the acft appears to be traveling when it is close to the water. The plt then began a left descending turn… - [NTSB LAX84FA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA439.md): Cessna 182RG · Prescott, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1984 · N6612S · Destroyed > As the acft proceeded on takeoff down the rwy, it exited the rwy on the left side over a berm into a wide shallow ditch area, then about 122 feet later the acft traveled back over the berm onto the rwy and took off. The nose then pitched up, the acft banked… - [NTSB DEN84FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA085.md): Cessna TR182 · Tappen, ND · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 3, 1984 · N737QE · Destroyed > The private non-instrument rated plt received two weather briefings before the flight. During the last briefing at 1350 MST, he was informed that VFR flt was not recommended. At 1554 MST, the acft departed crystal arpt in a westerly direction. Several… - [NTSB MKC82FCQ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FCQ14.md): Cessna TRI82 · Bunker Hill, KS · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Sep 6, 1982 · N756KD · Destroyed > The non-instrument rated pilot departed great bend, KS sometime after 2000 CDT on 9/6/83 on a flight to lucas, KS. On 9/9/83, the aircraft was found where it had crashed between great bend and lucas. No preimpact, mechanical failures were evident. The 2256… - [NTSB LAX82FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA260.md): Cessna TR182 · Happy Camp, CA · Accident · 5 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1982 · N736EY · Destroyed > The aircraft impacted the side of a narrow and steep canyon in a climb attitude. The weather was VFR. The crash occurrednorthwest of the departure point after about 1 hour and 15 minutes of flight. No flight plan was filed, destination was not determined. - [NTSB FTW82FRG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG33.md): Cessna R182 · Bergheim, TX · Accident · 4 fatal · Final report · May 29, 1982 · N737RK · Destroyed > At 0010 the plt contacted san antonio tower approximately 10 mi north of san antonio intl arpt. He stated he was at 3100 ft in the clouds. The controller instructed the plt to turn left heading 030, maintain 3,000, & asked the plt if hewanted an IFR… - [NTSB DEN82FTI11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTI11.md): Cessna TR182 · Livingstone, MT · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Mar 8, 1982 · N4681T · Destroyed > The plane crashed about six miles west of livingston, Montana. It was found to have struck about 50 ft below a 5300 ft ridge, while in a 20 degree climb attitude. The weather at livingston was: 900 ft broken, 2500 ft overcast, visibility 10 miles, wind… - [NTSB LAX82FVA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVA11.md): Cessna TR182 · Oakdale, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jan 30, 1982 · N5173R · Substantial damage > The aircraft was observed to porpoise several times during the takeoff roll, become airborne with the landing gear immediately retracting, then nose down with the propeller striking, the runway. The pilot continued the takeoff and the aircraft climbed to… - [NTSB DEN81FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA063.md): Cessna TR182 · 17nne Durango, CO · Accident · 3 fatal · Closed · Aug 31, 1981 · N736KV · Destroyed - [NTSB DEN80FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA036.md): Cessna TR182 · Wheatland, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · May 23, 1980 · N738GG · Destroyed ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072735')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=2072735 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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